Collar-fastener



(NoModeL) J. HIMMELSTEIN.

COLLAR PASTENER.

Patented June 4 N. PETERS. Phowutnn nphc Wnhingtnn. D. C.

FFICEQ ATENT JOHN HIMMELSTEIN, OF MILIVAUKEE, \VISCONSIN.

CO LLAR-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 404,409, dated June 4, 1889. Application filed June 7, 1888. Serial No. 276,324. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HIMMELSTEIN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar-Fasten ers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of ref erenee marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a strong and safe fastening for horse-collars which may be easily'manipulated, and which is neat in appearance and not expensive to manufacture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is afront view of my improved collar-fastening in connection with sections of the collar to which it is attached, and with so much of the hames as comes in contact with the fastening. Fig. 2 is an under side view of the same devices shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are the inner faces or ends of myimproved fastener, which abut against each other when the collar is fastened, and show also the devices for securin g the fastener together.

Referring to the drawings, A is one part of my fastener, and B is the other part of my fastener, which are preferably constructed of cast metal, each having an end face 0 of the same size and adapted to bear against'each other, and also each being provided with a flange or rim D, which flange or rim, in connection with the face 0, forms a socket, into which the end of the collar E is fitted, and is held therein by bolts F F, passing through said flange and said collar, or by other equivalent means. lhe part A is provided with a recess G in the face 0, which extends from one edge nearly across the face laterally, the outer end of this recess being at that side which is at the front edge of the collar when in position on the horse, which edge is also somewhat higher than the opposite edge of the face of the part Awhen the collar is so in position on the horse. This recess G is wider at its bottom than at the face of the I fastener, and is preferably made T-shaped,

as indicated in Fig. 1. A tongue is constructed on the face of the part B and is integral therewith or rigidly affixed thereto,

which tongue is wider at its front or face edge than along the line where it joins the face 0, and is in the same form and size as the recess G, into which it is adapted to enter and fit easily.

It will be understood that by swinging the on d of the collar capped by the part B a little in front of the end of the collar capped by the part A the lower end H of the tongue II can be readily inserted in the outer end of the recess G, and that then, by forcing the ends of the collars into position opposite to each other, the two ends of the collars will be locked together by the tongue H being throughout its length within the recess G, and that when the hames I I are secured about the collar by the hamestrap K the parts of the collar will not, under ordinary strain, separate from each other; but to more certainly secure the hames in place and the ends of the collar in position against extraordinary strain sets of flanges L L are provided, constructed upon and made integral with the parts A and B on the under or bottom sides thereof, projecting outwardly at right angles to the longer axis of the recess G and tongue H, which flanges are located opposite to each other at such distance apart as to form between them a continuous channel for the hame-strap K, the hame-strap being thereby walled in and made to serve as a key, whereby the ends of the collar are not permitted to move laterally to such extent as to be unlocked from each other. I also attach the martingale M to the inner side of the part B by means of a ring N, secured thereto, and by means of the rearward and downward pull of the martingale the tongue II is also prevented from sliding out of the recess G.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metal collar-fastener constructed in two parts secured to the two ends of the collar, respectively, the face of one part having a T-shaped recess or slot G extending laterally from one edge nearly across the face and the other part having a corresponding T- shaped tongue II nearly across its face laterally, the tongue II being adapted to enter and fit in the recess G, said fastener being also provided with a set of flanges L L on its lower outer surface on the two parts of the fastener at right angles to the longer axis of the slot G and tongue II, and so leeuled as to In txesl inmny \\"]1e1e0fIn-ll"1.\' my signature in form :1 eenlinumls channel. when thel'n'epzn'l's presence of two witnesses. of the fastener are locked lesrel'hel', in which I r 5 by the ends of the eollzn are retained in pe- \Yitnesses:

sil ien algal IISHIH'GI'H] movement with l'eljelenee JAS. ll. EI-HVIN, ie each other, snhsf'mllinlly as described. (J. H. KEENEY. 

